Football buzzwords and cliches (1 Viewer)

[Gazolba]

Great article in the Telegraph. I'm sure the folks on here can come up with some other cliches and phrases that have outworn their welcome or are just irritating.
One I find particularly annoying is "He knows where the goal is".

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football...ds-clichs-and-stock-phrases-that-need-to-die/

 

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[tim07]

Sounds like one of those phrases you'll never hear used in the same sentence as a Cov City striker......

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[Otis]

I hate it when commentators say 'that was a world class save,' when it was anything but and the keeper would have been blamed had he not saved it.

I don't like the selective use of 'against the run of play ' either.

Depends who it is. If it is Leicester or Chelsea, suddenly it becomes classic counter attack football and instead of being 'pinned back' they have merely just 'soaked up the pressure.'

 

[eastwoodsdustman]

I hate 'you're in son' when someone going through on goal. Used to have a parent shout it at his lad when he played in my son's team.

 

[Nick]

"jockey him"

 

[ccfcway]

"effective game management"

"the high press"

 

[Liquid Gold]

Stopped reading after

"Great article in the Telegraph"

 

[Monners]

Don't dive in! Can also be used in other walks of life!

 

[I_Saw_Shaw_Score]

"Tekkers"

 

[Otis]

Don't dive in! Can also be used in other walks of life!

As can 'get in the hole' from the golfing world.

 

[Gazolba]

<snip>they have merely just 'soaked up the pressure.'

My father worked in a noisy car factory and was paid by how many parts he machined during the day. He would get really annoyed when sports-people were described as being 'under pressure'. He would always say "they don't know the meaning of pressure".

 

[Gaz71]

Some of the classic Sunday league ones.......

 

[eastwoodsdustman]

I'm guilty of 12 of the above!

 

[stupot07]

I'm guilty of 12 of the above!

Tbf, there's a few of them that pros and semi pros will be saying too!

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[Monners]

Our ball - when it clearly isn't

 

[vow]

I hate 'you're in son' when someone going through on goal. Used to have a parent shout it at his lad when he played in my son's team.

Did he score though or fluff his lines?!?

 

[Gazolba]

"There's plenty of time left".
"2-1 is a very dangerous score"
"That would have been a candidate for goal of the season ... if it went in"